12 research outputs found
Apports des formations agricoles aux agriculteurs au maroc : cas de l'Office National du Conseil Agricole
No full textCe présent article a pour objet de mettre en vedette les apports qu'offrent les structures d'accompagnement mises en place par l'Office Nationale du Conseil Agricole (ONCA) de la Région Marrakech-Safi notamment les formations destinées aux agriculteurs traditionnels marocains.
Le Maroc a connu une montée de l'intérêt octroyé au secteur agricole, qui se concrétise par la mise en place des mesures étatiques pour accompagner les jeunes afin de concrétiser leurs projets entrepreneuriaux, et cela en vue de renforcer harmonieusement les plans agricoles marocains piliers notamment "Plan Maroc vert".
L'accompagnement des entreprises opérant dans le milieu agricole fait l'objet de divers dispositifs mis en place par l'Office National du Conseil Agricole comme étant non seulement un centre d'incubation, de formation, de coaching et de conseil adapté et d'accompagnement des projets entrepreneuriaux locaux focalisés sur les besoins du territoire, mais aussi une structure moderne assurant une meilleure attractivité des jeunes entrepreneurs et des organisations agricoles entrepreneuriales.
Cet article visera non seulement à mettre en exergue ces actions d'accompagnement, mais aussi à montrer l'intérêt qu'elles offrent aux agriculteurs traditionnels désirant opérés sur le marché agricole marocain. Ce travail fera l'objet d'une étude qualitative basée sur des entretiens semi-directifs et aura pour objet l'analyse des apports des structures d'accompagnement et leur capacité d’offrir une acculturation agro-entrepreneuriale aux agriculteurs traditionnels
The role of training based on entrepreneurial action in agro-entrepreneurial acculturation: Case of the training courses of the National Office of Agricultural Council.
No full textRésumé
Ce présent article a pour objet ultime de mettre en avant les apports qu'offrent les formations agricoles basées sur l’agir entrepreneurial pour promouvoir un point élémentaire qui est le développement de l'esprit entrepreneurial des agriculteurs traditionnels. Nous nous intéresserons à évaluer si les formations axées sur l’agir entrepreneurial ont un impact positif sur l’acculturation agro-entrepreneuriale. Pour ce faire, nous avons amorcé notre partie théorique en définissant les termes clés de notre thème à savoir : l’acculturation entrepreneuriale, la formation entrepreneuriale et enfin l’agir entrepreneurial. Ensuite et après définition de notre méthodologie de recherche poursuivie, nous avons entamé notre phase empirique qui se scinde en deux parties : une première partie qui s’intéresse à notre étude qualitative qui se présente sous forme d’une observation non participante en vue d’évaluer l’existence des fondements de l’agir entrepreneurial dans les formations à travers l’élaboration d’une fiche d’évaluation de la formation agricole menée par l’Office Nationale du Conseil Agricole de la région Marrakech-Safi au Maroc ;et une deuxième partie dans laquelle nous avons présenté notre organisme d’étude à savoir l’Office Nationale du Conseil Agricole de cette même région marocaine d’une part ,et avons administré un questionnaire auprès des agriculteurs bénéficiant de ladite formation d’autre part. La phase qui suit est celle de l’analyse des résultats. Ces derniers ont été analysés via le logiciel SPSS selon un test T de Student pour un échantillon unique. Les résultats de notre étude font ressortir que les formations basées sur les mécanismes et les fondements de l’agir entrepreneurial permettent un impact plus fort et signifiant sur l’acculturation agro-entrepreneuriale.
Mots clés : Agir entrepreneurial, Entreprises agricoles, Formations, Structure d'accompagnement
Abstract
The ultimate purpose of this article is the highlighting of contributions offered by agricultural training based on entrepreneurial action to promote a basic point which is the development of the entrepreneurial spirit of traditional farmers. We will be interested in assessing whether action-entrepreneurial training has a positive impact on agro-entrepreneurial acculturation. To do this, we began our theoretical part by defining the key terms of our theme: entrepreneurial acculturation, entrepreneurial training and finally entrepreneurial action. Then, and after defining our research methodology, we began our empirical phase which is divided into two parts: a first part which focuses on our qualitative study which is in the form of a non-participant observation to evaluate existence of foundations of entrepreneurial action in training through the establishment of an evaluation sheet of agricultural training conducted by the National Office of Agricultural Council of the Marrakech-Safi region in Morocco and a second part in which we presented our study organization namely the National Office of the Council Agricultural of this same Moroccan region on the one hand, and administered a questionnaire to farmers benefiting from said training on the other hand. The next phase is the analysis of the results. These were analyzed using SPSS software according to a student's T-test for a single sample. The results of our study show that training based on the mechanisms and foundations of entrepreneurial action allows a stronger and meaningful impact on agro-entrepreneurial acculturation.
Keywords
Agricultural businesses, Entrepreneurial action, Training, Support structure
SMEs’ Digital Transformation: A Bibliometric Analysis
No full textDigital transformation is a rapidly growing trend among Small and Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), enabling them to keep up with the ever-changing business landscape. The objective of this paper is to present a bibliometric analysis of 512 academic research documents on the integration of digital transformation of SMEsusing R-Studio and VOS viewer software. The findings suggest that research in this field has made significant progress in the past seven years, and Peter Mk is the most influential author, while Germany is the country with the greatest influence in all aspects of this field. Results also show that the most relevant university is LutUniversity, and the most relevant journal is Sustainability
Secondary publication rights in the EU: the legislative path to open access: a via legislativa para o acesso aberto
No full textO caminho para a abertura do conhecimento científico tem sido desbravado por inúmeras iniciativas, intervenientes e estratégias. Alguns países optaram pela via legislativa, consagrando direitos de publicação secundária. Este direito permite ao autor, em determinadas condições, disponibilizar publicamente as suas obras, para além e independentemente da publicação inicial. Analisam-se sumariamente as legislações de oito países na União Europeia. Oferece-se uma perspectiva crítica sobre o modelo. Conclui-se que a adoção de um direito de publicação secundária deve ser considerada por todos os países. Entre as vantagens, permite libertar investigadores e instituições de algum do peso que atualmente suportam na prossecução de políticas de interesse público.The road to opening up scientific knowledge has been paved by countless initiatives, players and strategies. Some countries have opted for the legislative route, enshrining secondary publication rights. This right allows the author, under certain conditions, to make their work publicly available, in addition to and independently of the initial publication. The legislation of eight countries in the European Union is briefly analyzed. A critical perspective on the model is offered. It concludes that the adoption of a secondary publication right should be considered by all countries. Among the advantages, it allows researchers and institutions to be relieved of some burden they currently bear in pursuing public interest policies
Gel-gel phase separation within milk sphingomyelin domains revealed at the nanoscale using atomic force microscopy
No full textThe milk sphingomyelin (MSM) is involved in the formation of ordered lipid domains in the biological milkfat globule membrane (MFGM), where it accounts for about 30%wt of the polar lipids. Moreover, MSM exhibitsa large variety in saturated acyl chain lengths (from C16:0 to C24:0-SM) compared to other naturalsphingomyelins, which may impact the packing of MSM molecular species in the gel phase domains andthe topography of the MFGM. To investigate this, supported lipid bilayers of synthetic sphingomyelins orof MSM-containing mixtures, including a MFGM polar lipid extract, were imaged at temperatures belowthe Tm of MSM (i.e. b34 °C for which MSM is in the gel phase) in hydrated conditions using atomic forcemicroscopy. In all compositions containing MSM, the MSM-rich gel phase domains exhibited lower andupper height levels H, interpreted as two distinct gel phases with ΔH ~ 0.5–1.1 nm. Two (lower and upper)gel phases were also found for pure C24:0-SM bilayers or for bilayers of a C16:0-SM/C24:0-SM equimolar mixture, while C16:0-SM bilayers were uniformly flat and less thick than C24:0-SM bilayers. The upper gel phase of MSM-containing bilayers was interpreted as mixed interdigitated C24:0-SM molecules, while the lower gel phase was attributed both to fully interdigitated C24:0-SM molecules and non-interdigitated C16:0-SM molecules.These results show that the composition of natural sphingomyelins, inducing a mismatch between thed18:1 sphingosine and the acyl chains, is important in both the internal organization and the topography ofbiological membranes, especially that of the MFGM. This organization could be involved in specific biologicalfunctions, e.g. the insertion of proteins
Fusarium head blight detection, spikelet estimation, and severity assessment in wheat using 3D convolutional neural networks
No full textFusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most significant diseases affecting wheat and other small grain cereals worldwide. Developing FHB-resistant cultivars is critical but requires field and greenhouse disease assessment which are typically laborious and time-consuming. In this work, we developed automated applications based on 3-dimensional (3D) convolutional neural networks (CNN) that detect FHB symptoms expressed in wheat, estimate the total number of spikelets versus the total number of infected spikelets on a wheat head, and subsequently calculate FHB severity index. Such tools are an important step toward the creation of automated and efficient phenotyping methods. The data used to generate the results are 3D point clouds consisting of four color channels – red, green, blue (RGB), and near-infrared (NIR) – collected using a multispectral 3D scanner. Our 3D CNN models for FHB detection achieved 100% accuracy. The influence of the multispectral information on performance was evaluated; the results showed the dominance of the RGB channels over both the NIR (720 nm peak wavelength) and the NIR plus RGB channels combined. Our best 3D CNN models for estimation of total and infected number of spikelets achieved mean absolute errors (MAE) of 1.13 and 1.56, respectively. Our best 3D CNN models for FHB severity estimation achieved 8.6 MAE. A linear regression analysis between the visual FHB severity assessment and the FHB severity predicted by our 3D CNN showed a significant correlation.The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the pdf file of the accepted manuscript may differ slightly from what is displayed on the item page. The information in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript reflects the original submission by the author
Author Correction to: Prolonged oxycodone use and potential risk factors in postoperative patients: a case control study (International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, (2022), 10.1007/s11096-022-01441-4)
No full textIn the Tables 1 and 2, the values under “Alcohol use” were incorrectly published. The corrected Tables were given below. The original article has been corrected
An empirical assessment of ensemble methods and traditional machine for web-based attack detection in 5.0
No full textCybersecurity attacks that target software have become profitable and popular targets for cybercriminals who consciously take advantage of web-based vulnerabilities and execute attacks that might jeopardize essential industry 5.0 features. Several machine learning-based techniques have been developed in the literature to identify these types of assaults. In contrast to single classifiers, ensemble methods have not been evaluated empirically. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first empirical evaluation of both homogeneous and heterogeneous ensemble approaches compared to single classifiers for web -based attack detection in industry 5.0, utilizing two of the most realistic public web-based attack data -sets. The authors divided the experiment into three main phases: In the first phase, they evaluated the performance of five well-established supervised machine learning (ML) classifiers. In the second phase, they constructed a heterogeneous ensemble of the three best-performing ML algorithms using max vot-ing and stacking methods. In the third phase, they used four well-known homogeneous ensembles to evaluate the performance of the bagging and boosting method. The results based on the ECML/PKDD 2007 and CSIC HTTP 2010 datasets revealed that bagging, particularly Random Forest, outperformed sin-gle classifiers in terms of accuracy, precision, F-value, FPR, and area of the ROC curve with values of 99.597%, 98.274%, 99.129%, 0.523%, 100 and 99.867%, 99.867%, 99.867%, 0.267%, 100, respectively. In con-trast, single classifiers performed better than boosting and stacking. However, in terms of FPR, the boost-ing exceeded single classifiers. Max voting is appropriate when accuracy, precision, and FPR are the primary concerns, whereas single classifiers can be employed when recall, FNR, training, and prediction times are critical elements. In terms of training time, ensemble approaches are more likely to be affected by data volume than single classifiers. The papers findings will help security researchers and practition-ers identify the most efficient learning techniques for securing web applications. (c) 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Erratum: Traduction et Validation transculturelle du Baromètre E-satis 48 h MCO de mesure de la satisfaction des patients
No full textPatient satisfaction is now considered an essential indicator for measuring healthcare quality. With this in mind, the aim of this study is to translate and cross-culturally validate a satisfaction barometer from French into dialectal Arabic, thereby providing Moroccan hospital managers with a reliable tool for evaluating patients’ hospitalization experiences. The study was carried out on a sample of 110 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria, using the questionnaire translated and adapted to Moroccan dialectics in compliance with the cross-cultural validation process. This was followed by an analysis of the psychometric, consistency and homogeneity tests for all the items on the scale. During the adaptation process, certain items were removed to adapt to the specific context of Moroccan hospitals. The results of the various psychometric parameters were largely acceptable, confirming the validity and reliability of the satisfaction barometer in Morocco. Inter-item correlations were good, with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) index> 0.5. The translated tool showed good internal consistency, with Cronbach’s α having a value of around 0.882. As far as satisfaction is concerned, users were more dissatisfied with the services provided by the surgical department than those of the medical department. The version of the "E-Satis" adapted to the Moroccan context has very acceptable psychometric values, meaning that healthcare professionals can use it as a measuring instrument to assess patient satisfaction.
Furthermore, this adapted version will provide decision-makers with reliable data specific to the Moroccan context, facilitating informed decision-making and the implementation of measures to improve quality of care and patient satisfaction.
Keywords: patient satisfaction, e-satis, barometer, hospitalization experience, transcultural validation.
JEL Classification: G21, L25, L26.
Paper type: Empirical research
Erratum note:After being contacted by the author of the correspondence on 22 December 2023 to inform us of an inadvertent omission of authors, we investigated by requesting information on each author's contribution.After examining the information provided, the Committee decided to add the authors to safeguard their right to be cited as authors in the text.Decision made on 29-02-2024La satisfaction des patients est désormais considérée comme un indicateur essentiel pour mesurer la qualité des soins de santé. Dans cette perspective, l’objectif de la présente étude consiste à procéder à une traduction et une validation transculturelle d’un baromètre de satisfaction du français vers l’Arabe dialectale, visant ainsi à mettre à la disposition des responsables hospitaliers marocains un dispositif fiable pour évaluer les expériences d’hospitalisation vécues par les patients. L’étude a été conduite sur un échantillon de 110 patients remplissant les critères d’inclusion. Le questionnaire « e-satis 48 h MCO » a été traduit et adapté à la dialectique marocaine respectant le processus de validation transculturelle. Cette démarche a été suivie d’une analyse des tests psychométriques, de cohérence et d’homogénéité de l’ensemble des items de cette échelle. Lors de la démarche d’adaptation, il y a eu une suppression de certains items en vue de s’adapter au contexte particulier des hôpitaux marocains. Les résultats des différents paramètres psychométriques étaient largement acceptables pour confirmer la validité et la fiabilité du baromètre de satisfaction au Maroc. Les corrélations inter items étaient bonnes, en effet, l’indice de Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) était > 0,5. L’outil traduit présente une bonne cohérence interne, ainsi l’α de Cronbach avait une valeur d’environ de 0,882. En ce qui concerne la mesure de satisfaction, les usagers sont plus insatisfaits des prestations du service de chirurgie que ceux du service de médecine. La version du « E-Satis » adaptée au contexte marocain présente des valeurs psychométriques très acceptables, ce qui signifie que les professionnels de la santé peuvent l’utiliser comme un instrument de mesure pour évaluer la satisfaction des patients. En excédent, cette version adaptée permettra aux décideurs de disposer de données fiables et spécifiques au contexte marocain, facilitant ainsi la prise de décisions éclairées et la mise en place des mesures visant à améliorer la qualité des soins et la satisfaction des patients.
Mots-clés : satisfaction des patients, baromètre, e-satis, expérience d’hospitalisation, validation.
Classification JEL : G21, L25, L26.
Type de l’article : Recherche empirique.
Notice d’erratum :
Après avoir été contactés par l’auteur de correspondance le 22 décembre 2023 pour nous informer qu’une omission involontaire des auteurs a été commise, nous avons mené des investigations en demandant des informations sur la contribution de chaque auteur.
Après vérification des informations fournies, le comité décide d’ajouter les auteurs pour sauvegarder leur droit d’être cités dans le texte comme auteurs.
Décision prise le 29-02-202
Erratum: Traduction et Validation transculturelle du Baromètre E-satis 48 h MCO de mesure de la satisfaction des patients
No full textPatient satisfaction is now considered an essential indicator for measuring healthcare quality. With this in mind, the aim of this study is to translate and cross-culturally validate a satisfaction barometer from French into dialectal Arabic, thereby providing Moroccan hospital managers with a reliable tool for evaluating patients’ hospitalization experiences. The study was carried out on a sample of 110 patients fulfilling the inclusion criteria, using the questionnaire translated and adapted to Moroccan dialectics in compliance with the cross-cultural validation process. This was followed by an analysis of the psychometric, consistency and homogeneity tests for all the items on the scale. During the adaptation process, certain items were removed to adapt to the specific context of Moroccan hospitals. The results of the various psychometric parameters were largely acceptable, confirming the validity and reliability of the satisfaction barometer in Morocco. Inter-item correlations were good, with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) index> 0.5. The translated tool showed good internal consistency, with Cronbach’s α having a value of around 0.882. As far as satisfaction is concerned, users were more dissatisfied with the services provided by the surgical department than those of the medical department. The version of the "E-Satis" adapted to the Moroccan context has very acceptable psychometric values, meaning that healthcare professionals can use it as a measuring instrument to assess patient satisfaction.
Furthermore, this adapted version will provide decision-makers with reliable data specific to the Moroccan context, facilitating informed decision-making and the implementation of measures to improve quality of care and patient satisfaction.
Keywords: patient satisfaction, e-satis, barometer, hospitalization experience, transcultural validation.
JEL Classification: G21, L25, L26.
Paper type: Empirical research
Erratum note:After being contacted by the author of the correspondence on 22 December 2023 to inform us of an inadvertent omission of authors, we investigated by requesting information on each author's contribution.After examining the information provided, the Committee decided to add the authors to safeguard their right to be cited as authors in the text.Decision made on 29-02-2024La satisfaction des patients est désormais considérée comme un indicateur essentiel pour mesurer la qualité des soins de santé. Dans cette perspective, l’objectif de la présente étude consiste à procéder à une traduction et une validation transculturelle d’un baromètre de satisfaction du français vers l’Arabe dialectale, visant ainsi à mettre à la disposition des responsables hospitaliers marocains un dispositif fiable pour évaluer les expériences d’hospitalisation vécues par les patients. L’étude a été conduite sur un échantillon de 110 patients remplissant les critères d’inclusion. Le questionnaire « e-satis 48 h MCO » a été traduit et adapté à la dialectique marocaine respectant le processus de validation transculturelle. Cette démarche a été suivie d’une analyse des tests psychométriques, de cohérence et d’homogénéité de l’ensemble des items de cette échelle. Lors de la démarche d’adaptation, il y a eu une suppression de certains items en vue de s’adapter au contexte particulier des hôpitaux marocains. Les résultats des différents paramètres psychométriques étaient largement acceptables pour confirmer la validité et la fiabilité du baromètre de satisfaction au Maroc. Les corrélations inter items étaient bonnes, en effet, l’indice de Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) était > 0,5. L’outil traduit présente une bonne cohérence interne, ainsi l’α de Cronbach avait une valeur d’environ de 0,882. En ce qui concerne la mesure de satisfaction, les usagers sont plus insatisfaits des prestations du service de chirurgie que ceux du service de médecine. La version du « E-Satis » adaptée au contexte marocain présente des valeurs psychométriques très acceptables, ce qui signifie que les professionnels de la santé peuvent l’utiliser comme un instrument de mesure pour évaluer la satisfaction des patients. En excédent, cette version adaptée permettra aux décideurs de disposer de données fiables et spécifiques au contexte marocain, facilitant ainsi la prise de décisions éclairées et la mise en place des mesures visant à améliorer la qualité des soins et la satisfaction des patients.
Mots-clés : satisfaction des patients, baromètre, e-satis, expérience d’hospitalisation, validation.
Classification JEL : G21, L25, L26.
Type de l’article : Recherche empirique.
Notice d’erratum :
Après avoir été contactés par l’auteur de correspondance le 22 décembre 2023 pour nous informer qu’une omission involontaire des auteurs a été commise, nous avons mené des investigations en demandant des informations sur la contribution de chaque auteur.
Après vérification des informations fournies, le comité décide d’ajouter les auteurs pour sauvegarder leur droit d’être cités dans le texte comme auteurs.
Décision prise le 29-02-202
